We Need to Talk About White, Liberal Wine-Moms – Opinion

Joe Biden’s disapproval continues to plummet, with him hitting a new low in the RealClearPolitics average and dropping below 40 percent for the second time since he did so for a single day back in February.

It’s a bad world out there. The economy is in decline, inflation is killing the majority of Americans and the stock market is continuing to plummet. There are also problems at the border. We could talk about America’s foreign policy mess under Biden as well, but that’d just be belaboring the point.

Yet, there’s one demographic that seems to think the president is doing just swell: White, college-educated, liberal women. Take a look at these statistics.

Joe Biden’s Job Approval (Strong) NPR/Marist 6.9 (N=1,063A. 977 RV) cont. –

College: 52/41 (17/30)
A college is not required: 29/60 (12/46)
White C:49/47 (16/35)
White NC 22/69 (9/54)
White C: 38/59 (10/41)
White NC M : 17/74 (5/60).
White CW: 61/34 (22/27).
White NC W 26/63 (12/49)

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) June 9, 2022

Now, for clarity, and so my editors don’t kill me, I’ve got no problem with college-educated women who enjoy a glass of wine. Heck, I’m married to one as I’m sure a lot of you reading this are. This is a distinction that allows you to be a liberal. To make it more precise, progressives often live in the most affluent parts of cities like San Francisco and Chicago.

San Francisco can be an example. Just days ago, DA Chesa Boudin, who has led a disastrous criminal justice “reform” movement in the Democrat city, was recalled. Because California’s election system is a dumpster fire, the counting is still going on, but it appears the final result will be around 60-40 to remove him. Boudin’s stronghold was in Haight Ashbury, a mostly white, affluent neighborhood. The Mission, another Boudin stronghold, saw its turnout drop precipitously compared to 2019, an indication that voters were not motivated to keep him, even if they didn’t support his challengers (The Mission is a high-crime area). Sunset is the neighborhood with the highest recall vote. It’s a majority Hispanic.

This gives us an indication as to why there is a divide at the national polling level. Liberal policies are more popular among those who have to face the least consequences. Call it virtue signaling or something else, but it’s readily observable. In the end, for a certain segment of the population, “feeling good” is more important than actually instituting policies that avoid harm.

Take the book “White Fragility,” which is an ode to critical race theory and social justice politics. Robin DiAngelo is the author. She has not had to deal with any of its consequences. Her protected community allows her to enjoy millions while her fellow Hispanic Americans suffer the consequences of pro-crime policies. It is easy to support people like Boudin and Biden because there aren’t many skins in this game.

In the end, that’s pretty selfish, is it not? To value one’s feeling of superiority over actually helping those you claim to care about? And while these white, college-educated wine-moms are free to hold whatever political views they want, it’d be nice if they didn’t take the rest of the country down with them.

Editor’s Note: We have, in fact, elected to let Bonchie live as he was gracious enough to clarify his point. Besides – he’s right.